I'm pretty sure ITV or any terrestrial channels film deals last for quite a few years, and if they already have a deal in place, a new deal with a new broadcaster can't affect it until it has run it's course. So Universal films might not disappear from ITV for some time, if at all. Remember, Sky have bought the pay-TV rights, I imagine ITV have a separate deal for the FTA rights and both deals do not affect each other. By the time the Universal deal expires with ITV they will either have sorted a new deal with Universal or brokered a new deal with another movie studio.



